Charitha Buddhika

Thudellage Charitha Buddhika Fernando is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played Tests and One Day International matches for the national side. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.

Early and domestic career

Charitha is a past student of St. John's College Panadura. He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Colombo Cricket Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.

International career

Buddhika made a good One [Day International] debut, taking a wicket with his first legal delivery and finishing the match with figures of five wickets for 67 runs, the second-best bowling figures for a Sri Lankan player in their debut match, and the first Sri Lankan to do so in both the ODI format and in international cricket. He subsequently made his debut for the Sri Lanka national [cricket team|Sri Lankan Test team].
After nine Tests and some inconsistent performances he was dropped.